In some of the best Engrish we’ve read from a Google translation in a while, you can just about make out the Konami has cancelled its Japanese Metal Gear Solid 4 launch event. Reasons are as follows: June 12 (Thursday) in three locations in Tokyo scheduled to take place today, METAL GEAR SOLID 4 GUNS […]

Someone over at NeoGaf has posted the in-between-chapter install times for MGS4, the total install being 4.6Gb. This comes at the same time as an in-game conversation between Snake and Otacon is revealed where Otacon is telling Snake he doesn’t have to change disks because of the capacity of Blu-ray. As the Metal Gear Solid […]

It seems Wal-Mart has sold early copies of Metal Gear Solid 4, breaking the official street date of June 12. Hideo Kojima however, remained contemplative. “Despite the measurements taken by any publisher, high-profile games always seem to have one store, if not more, break their legal street date,” he said. “This had been the case […]

According to P3F, the exclusive-to-the-US 80GB MGS4 PS3 bundle sold out on Amazon.com in just seven minutes. Demand for the bundle was so high, that it actually brought the retailer giant to its knees. Hilarious. MGS4 will be released worldwide on June 12 and no, for the last time, us lowly Europeans aren’t getting the […]

MTV’s claiming that journalists reviewing MGS4 in the US were told to not mention the length of the game’s cut-scenes and the size of the title’s PS3 install by Konami. From the site: I’ve been told by two gaming media sources who asked to remain anonymous that Konami representatives had been asking print reviewers to […]

Oh Lord. It’s internet-snapping time. Eurogamer’s given Metal Gear Solid 4 8/10, which has a rather Halo-esque ring to it. The score’s in contrast to almost blanket top scores from other publications – including this 9.9/10 from IGN – and is already being twitched over in the review’s comments thread. Leave now. Save yourself.

The first images of the European limited edition of Metal Gear Solid 4 have sneaked out, and it looks like a box with some pictures on it. A nice box with some pictures on it, but there we are. The shots are here and here. Thanks, absolutezero.

On PS3Fanboy. Well, all over the internet, really, but there we are. Please bring out DualShock 3 very quickly so we don’t have to spend even more money just to play a decent game properly, SCEE. It’s out on June 12.

Missed this in the Gamer’s Day noise yesterday, but Kojima’s announced a world tour to promote the launch of Metal Gear 4. The developer will personally travel to London, followed by stops in Madrid, Milan, Hamburg, Amsterdam, and Paris. Hideo’s entourage will then split into three, heading to Japan, New York and finally arrive in […]

In an Edge interview posted in its entirety by Kotaku, MGS4 man Hideo Kojima has retracted some earlier comments about PS3 not being up to the job, saying the meaning of his words got lost in translation. “It’s become totally different,” he said. “This was in English, and here’s where it gets strange. Japanese readers […]

Sony’s shown off the limited edition steel PS3 for its Japanese Metal Gear Solid 4 bundle. In all fairness, this does look pretty cool. There’s approximately no chance of this coming out over here, but we can but dream.

Here. If only the words “shots released” in that headline could have been replaced with “bundle announced for Europe”. Then we could have all been happy. The game releases in Europe and the US on June 12.

Here. The shots are taken from five different maps from the online starter pack, namely Ambush Alley, Gronznyj Grad, Midtown Maelstrom, Urban Ultimatum and Blood Bath. MGS4 was confirmed today for release in the US and Europe on June 12.

According to this, MGS4 will only include one language per region because of disc space. “Unfortunately because of disc space, we don’t have the space to include other languages, other voice over files for the respective versions,” said producer Ryan Payton. “So the Japanese version’s not gonna have English VO, and the North American and […]

According to this, MGS4 will be released on June 12 in Europe as well as the US. The piece says it’s from an announcement, but we haven’t seen it yet. Update: The announcement’s been made. Press release after the link.

SCEA and SCEE are obviously comfortable in their decisions. According to this, SCEA isn’t going to be bringing the two European bundles we saw today to Europe. “On Tuesday we announced our plans for the Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots PS3 bundle for North America,” said an SCEA spokesperson. “We currently do […]

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Here. There’s plenty to see in the pages, including weapon attachments and a ton of character art. Go have a look while you’re trying to make your mind up about whether or not this is the game that’s going to tip you over the edge and make you part with some lovely money to own […]

According to this, Japanese gamers are going to be able to choose between three ways of buying MGS4 when it hits this summer. The game’s base pack includes MGS4 and Metal Gear Online. Then there’s a Special Edition box set, which includes a Blu-ray disc featuring all the trailers released so far along with making-of […]

Looks as though you may not want to hold your breath if you’re banking on a European version of the MGS4 or God of War: Chains of Olympus bundles announced in the US yesterday. “We have no plans to release either bundle at the moment,” a SCEE spokesperson told videogaming247. If we were betting men, […]

According to this and numerous other reports, a Sony PR rep has seemingly confirmed that the upcoming MGS4 bundle announced last night by SCEA will feature limited PS2 backwards compatability. “Yes, similar to the Motorstorm bundle, the new MGS4 bundle features an 80GB PS3 with some PS2 backwards compatibility,” said the spokesperson. There’s no news […]

A June 12 release date for MGS4 is being rumoured here. The news has apparently come from a retailer conference. Don’t expect any confirmation from Konami until its German office is good and ready to give it.

Oh dear. According to this, MGS4 isn’t going to be on show at GDC. Which is a bit odd, if you think about it, considering the game was at CES last month and Konami’s said it’s nearly finished. It’s Ryan Payton saying it’s not going to be there in that podcast, the guy that apparently […]

Oh dear. Kojima Productions associate producer Ryan Payton has gone on the record and said that the widely reported quote attributed to him by Reuters journalist Kemp Powers (real name?) last year, which said that Konami needed to shift a million units of MGS4 on day one, isn’t correct. The original piece said, “Payton said […]

The rumoured Metal Gear Solid: Essential Collection for PS2 isn’t rumoured after all, and is now available fro pre-order at Gamestop in the US. There’s no word on a European launch, and quick look round Amazon UK, GAME and Play shows nothing but old Metal Gear games. The pack is thought to include all previous […]

Lazard Capital Markets’ Colin Sebastian reckons console gaming’s going to be the hot story of the first half of 2008 thanks to GTA IV, MGS 4 and DMC 4, whereas PC titles will be the talk of the back half of the year, with the launch of WoW: Wrath of the Lich King, Spore and […]